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(U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- A recent internal study conducted as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's re-certification process revealed that athletic teams were less than one-third as diverse as the larger student body. In strongly worded language, the report recommended that the College work to close the "significant gap" in minority representation. The report identified 9.8 percent of intercollegiate athletes as minority students. Although the figure represents a modest increase since the first NCAA re-certification process in 1996, it is a disappointment to administrators whose efforts have not succeeded in making athletic teams more representative of the student population, more than 30 percent of which is composed of minorities.

"We as a department have to make more of a concerted effort to find more diverse student athletes," Director of Athletics and Recreation JoAnn Harper said Monday in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Kit-Cat Wrote:The report identified 9.8 percent of intercollegiate athletes as minority students ... it is a disappointment to administrators whose efforts have not succeeded in making athletic teams more representative of the student population, more than 30 percent of which is composed of minorities.

"We as a department have to make more of a concerted effort to find more diverse student athletes," Director of Athletics and Recreation JoAnn Harper said Monday in an interview with The Dartmouth.

I'd bet a large sum of money that Ms. Harper wouldn't have said anything if, for example, 60% of athletes were minority students, compared to 30% of the student body.

so let me get this straight....Dartmouth's athletes are almost all white....Dartmouth....in New Hampshire

go figure